Kalkan Talks, Ossip Walks
Ismail Kalkan opened for 1,200 from middle position and Kevin Ossip three-bet to 3,500 from the cutoff. Action folded around back to Kalkan who immediately began to talk.
"Three thousand, five hundred huh? What should I do with this?" He then squeezed his cards in the dealer's direction.
"You can't show her your cards," Ossip responded.
"Oh! So you're scared huh? This means I should..." as Kalkan reached towards his blue chips, motioning that he was about to go all in. Ossip made a "come on" motion with his hands.
"... Just call" and Kalkan put in the additional chips.
The flop came and both players quickly checked.
The turn brought the and Gabriel Akiki became a very interested spectator. "Action is about to go down." Ossip put out a bet of 7,000 and Kalkan made a relatively quick call. Akiki turned towards PokerNews and said "See! I told you!" and called for a queen to arrive on the river.
The river instead brought the and Kalkan checked over to Ossip, who assessed his options and eventually let out a sigh and tapped the table, saying "ace-king" and flipped over the .
Kalkan said "you're good" and Ossip scooped a healthy pot to take his stack to more than 50% above starting.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Akiki |
54,000
40,600
|
40,600 |
Kevin Ossip |
46,800
20,600
|
20,600 |
Ismail Kalkan |
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |